British Radio

[Brianc68]

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@Brianc68

Any chance you’ve got a link to the full London ratings, including the BBC stations? I always find it hard to get an actual list showing both the commercial and BBC stations. I’d be curious to see how the older stations like Magic, Smooth, Heart, and GHR are rating, alongside BBC R1 and R2.

It can be found on the following link: Ratings – Radio Intelligence

The ratings results conducted in October-December 2022 by RAJAR went like this:

#1. BBC Radio 4: 13.7
#2. BBC Radio 2: 11.0
#3. LBC: 7.7
#4. Heart: 4.7
#5. Classic FM: 4.2
#6. Magic: 3.8
#7. BBC Radio 1: 3.7
#8. Capital: 3.5
#9. BBC Radio 5: 3.1
#10. Smooth Radio: 2.3
#11. Greatest Hits Radio: 2.2
#12. BBC Radio 3: 2.0

According to the RAJAR website, the next ratings for the UK & London is due to be released today, looking at the ratings over the March Quarter of 2023.

Looks like one or two missing, like XFM, but I’m guessing they must be lower than #12 in the ratings. The DAB only stations of course would also be lower too, although I understand Virgin Radio and BBC6 pull very decent numbers.

The other thing I find interesting about London is they are fine with 0.4 spacing on FM, with Heart 106.2, GHR 105.8 and Magic 105.4 all just 0.4 apart… Memo to ACMA.